Lucid's mission is to inspire the adoption of sustainable energy by creating captivating luxury electric vehicles centered around the human experience. We seek talented, motivated individuals with a proven track record of excellence to join our team and transform the automotive and mobility industry.

Due to significant growth, we are looking for a Sr. Supplier Quality Engineer (SQE) for our Automotive Interiors Commodity within the Plant Supplier Quality Team based in Arizona, USA. This role requires both technical expertise and soft skills to provide 24/7 support, promptly resolve supplier quality issues, and ensure a smooth transition of new products into mass production.

The Sr. SQE will manage cradle-to-grave mass production supplier relationships, ensuring best-in-class quality and safeguarding manufacturing operations through collaboration with Manufacturing, Plant Quality, Material Planning, Logistics, NPI teams, and external suppliers.

You will:

• Streamline lessons learned between programs. Work cross-functional to collaborate and guide Engineering development to select appropriate suppliers with the right qualifications to meet Lucid's expectations and timeline.
• Ensure full end-to-end coverage by a subsystem with Sub-system technical expertise aligned with Engineering.
• Be visible and voice of your commodity supplier industrialization team by generating regular reports for senior management, highlighting SIE/Supplier performance, OKRs-Goals-KPIs, risks, and strategies for improvement.
• Develop, manage, and improve the APQP (advanced product quality planning) process with suppliers from the initial design stage through PPAP submission and the start of mass production.
• Lead design review and ensure manufacturing needs (DFM/A) are considered in the design phase and that proper quality expectations are defined.
• Work with suppliers on all design technical elements and create new manufacturing techniques (DFM/A) if necessary to meet design requirements.
• Be responsible for Driving and Tracking all supplier-responsible ECRs and CM-PCN activities.
• Be able to work independently and make decisions in the best interest of Lucid and its business.
• Work cross-functional with plant-level Manufacturing, Incoming Quality, Material Planning, and Plant SQEs to ensure supplier quality issues are contained and Lucid plants are protected.
• Work closely with Plant SQ teams to investigate supplier quality issues to determine the root cause, identify and implement corrective actions, and drive long-term preventative actions.
• Perform supplier assessments, audits, and site inspections; develop process improvement plans and drive implementation; monitor and maintain performance metrics.
• Support system assembly build, define incoming parts inspection procedures as needed, track build issues, and drive suppliers for containment actions and long-term actions.
• Have the ability to travel 25-75% on average on a short-term or long-term basis to Lucid Motors and supplier sites globally on short notice.

You Bring:

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (Engineering); a Master’s degree is preferred..
• 5+ years of hands-on supplier quality engineering (SQE) experience (or 3+ years with an advanced Engineering Degree) leading Automotive interior systems components (Example: Trims/Seating, Instrument Panel, Door Trim, Center Console, Seating, Wood Décor/Painted Parts, Wrapped Components, NVH, and/or Carpet, Class-A painted surfaces)
• Ability to read and interpret schematics and drawings and in-depth knowledge of quality standards and specifications in the area of placement.
• Excellent analytical abilities, technical writing ability, and comprehensive understanding of quality toolbox (IATF 16949, APQP, PPAP, SPC, MSA, FMEA, DOE, DFM/A, GD&T, etc.)
• Certification preferred - American Society for Quality, Six Sigma Black Belt, etc.
• Team player with strong interpersonal skills, hands-on and data-driven, creative mindset in problem-solving
• Positive attitude, willingness to learn, be part of the solution, and be able to adapt to the dynamic working environment.
• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint. Working knowledge of Smartsheets, JMP, Minitab, JIRA and Tableau is a plus.